To capitalise on the
excitement of the Bowie tour, The Man Who Fell
to Earth was re-released on the Australian
circuit.
Bowie's latest film Just a Gigolo (Schoner
Gigolo - Armer Gigolo) meanwhile had it's
world premiere at the Gloria Palast, Kurfurstendamm,
Berlin on November 16 and although most of the cast
had attended, Bowie did not seeing he was in the
middle of his Australian tour.
The Oz Tour provided a successful push
for Bowie's latest album Stage. In New
Zealand, the album went all the way to the top
of the charts. In Australia, it charted for six
months - longer than the US and UK put together.
In early December, Australian rock magazine Juke
published the following article:
Rumours.....that bizarre rocker
David Bowie was paid for his Australian tour
in gold to avoid customs and taxation , and
made into jewellery ....Rumours have been
established as false, a spokesman for the tour
said "If he'd been paid in gold he would have
lugged around a nugget as big as a bumper
bar".
David left Australia / NZ as quietly as he
arrived, traveling on to Japan to finish his tour.
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